Sale reports / Mississippi / Macon Livestock Auction / 2020-06-08

Macon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Macon, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 8
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2122
Feeder Cattle receipts
248 head
▼ 248 vs last sale 496▲ 248 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 46▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 6▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.52/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$128.52
50 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.30
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506132.506703thin
Medium and Large 1-2461128.8059442
Medium and Large 2452123.795605thin
One grade step is worth $8.71/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale50 hd
128.52
—
MS average12 barns · 1,067 hd
121.23
+7.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,47888.221,3043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05763.9667613
CowsLean 85-90%Average85951.9144611

Every lot

50 lots · USDA AMS · Macon Stockyard - Macon, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2279156.86/cwt156.00–157.504384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330145.00/cwt145.00–145.004791
Steers—Medium and Large 2340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004591
Steers—Medium and Large 2370138.00/cwt138.00–138.005111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372147.80/cwt140.00–154.005503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420149.41/cwt140.00–157.006288
Steers—Medium and Large 2420142.57/cwt139.00–147.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469152.35/cwt143.00–156.007154
Steers—Medium and Large 1472153.18/cwt152.00–154.007237
Steers—Medium and Large 2485137.00/cwt137.00–137.006641
Steers—Medium and Large 2515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528138.52/cwt138.00–139.007312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583139.00/cwt139.00–139.008103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625140.00/cwt140.00–140.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655133.00/cwt133.00–133.008711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740130.00/cwt130.00–130.009621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760118.50/cwt118.50–118.509011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2258146.51/cwt145.00–148.003782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326133.71/cwt131.00–139.004364
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350128.00/cwt128.00–128.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382132.81/cwt129.00–135.005076
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405125.00/cwt125.00–125.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418136.53/cwt129.00–140.005718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471133.14/cwt131.00–136.006277
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475125.97/cwt125.00–127.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506132.50/cwt132.50–132.506703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521124.10/cwt118.00–130.006477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555117.00/cwt115.00–120.006493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555114.00/cwt114.00–114.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625105.98/cwt105.00–107.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673111.02/cwt105.00–117.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700107.00/cwt107.00–107.007491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370142.00/cwt142.00–142.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379149.21/cwt145.00–154.005666
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418147.04/cwt143.00–153.006158
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420138.02/cwt137.00–139.005802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458141.01/cwt139.00–143.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528131.55/cwt123.00–137.006953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540116.49/cwt115.00–118.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573125.44/cwt121.00–130.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625108.98/cwt108.00–110.006812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650107.00/cwt107.00–107.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2680105.00/cwt105.00–105.007141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26585.83/cwt84.00–87.001,0862
Bulls——1,90593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7721
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85951.91/cwt38.00–59.0044611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05763.96/cwt59.00–68.0067613
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,8251

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.